Sylvanus W. Groh^[1]

1862 - 1944  (81 years)

• Name	Sylvanus W. Groh
  Born	10 Sep 1862	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  School	1878	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	SS.19 Clearview School
  	From the Public School Inspector's Report '96 Promotions for 1878 Waterloo Township No. 19 (Cleaview) Fifth Class '96 Aaron Witmer, Louis Bohn, Sylvanus Groh, Marshalena Gingrich
  		WaterlooTownship-SS19-ClearviewSchool-PinebushRoad-facebook2016forGenerations.jpg Pine Bush was a community of immigrants from Mecklenburg in the 1850s who took up small holdings in "lot 6 of the third" concession of Beasley's Lower Block, south of Hespeler and east of Galt. In its heyday from the late 1840s to the 1870s, Pine Bush supported a store run by John Roos, and there was an inn or tavern on the south side of the Pine Bush Road, at the junction with the Hespeler-Galt Back Road.142 Children of the community could attend the log school old SS 19, a little farther west on the north side of Pine Bush Road in Concession 2. It was known as the Pine Bush School from 1848 until 1874, when the new brick schoolhouse on the same site was renamed Clearview. Waterloo Township Through Two Centuries
  Occupation	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Farmer's Son
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Protestant
  Occupation	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Teacher
  Residence	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1894	New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	school teacher
  Occupation	1901	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Bookkeeper
  Eby ID Number	00045-3424
  Died	1944
  Buried	New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I1748	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Reeve Isaac Groh,   b. 14 Mar 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 May 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Mary S. Wanner,   b. 10 Nov 1828, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Dec 1896, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)
  Married	9 May 1848	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7, 8, 9, 10]
  Family ID	F549	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Salome Krupp,   b. 27 Mar 1869, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Oct 1947, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Married	23 Jul 1894	New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 11]
  Children	1. Earl Playford Groh,   b. 27 Nov 1895, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F7378	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Sylvannus W. Groh, "was born September 10th, 1862. He is engaged as principal of the New Dundee public schools. He is married to Salome Krupp. No family." Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

  
  

• Sources

  [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration, 901242 - 1869 Salome Krupp Groh. [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 736. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-5 Page 5. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012166-94 Sylvanus Groh and Salome Krupp. Sylvanus GROH, 31, school teacher, Waterloo Twp, New Dundee, s/o Isaac GROH & Mary WANNER married Salome KRUPP, 25, Wilmot Twp, New Dundee, d/o Isaac KRUPP & Nancy BRICKER, witn: Albert E. MASLIE (?) & Ella KRUPP of New Dundee, 23 July 1894 in New Dundee [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 2, Pg. 22. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 2 Page 13. [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 3 Page 28. [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 563. [S12] Vit - ON, Gore - Gore District Marriage Register - Waterloo Entries, Revd Strang Presbyterian, Waterloo, Dumfries, Blenheim (pg. 117 - 119). Isaac Groh, married Mary Warner, both of Waterloo. 9 May 1848, by banns, Witnesses: Abraham Rosenberger and David Bemer. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 10 Page 73. [S2488] aaa Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 012166 (1894). Name:Salome Krupp Age:25 Birth Year:abt 1869 Birth Place:Wilmot Marriage Date:23 Jul 1894 Marriage Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Father:Isaac Krupp Mother:Nancy Bricker Spouse:Sylvanus Groh

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 10 Sep 1862 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada School - SS.19 Clearview School - 1878 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer's Son - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Protestant - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Teacher - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - school teacher - 1894 - New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 23 Jul 1894 - New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Bookkeeper - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth